Singapore health authorities concluded that imported fresh Norwegian farmed salmon is safe for consumption.full news..

Dr. Alongkorn Chutinan, brain surgeon at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, suggests that a Medical Insurance should be a precondition for tourists to enter Thailand.full news..

Norwegian gas company Golar LNG Ltd. has signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Ltd. of Singapore for the first ever conversion of an existing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) carrier into an LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU).full news..

Norske Skog by the end of 2005 purchased Pan Asia Paper Company in Thailand, previously co-owned by Norske Skog and Canada's Abitibi Consolidated. Norske Skog bought all the shares of Abitibi and is now the world's largest producer of newsprint.full news..

Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA) launched an Artist-in-Residence
Exchange program. The program aims to negotiate cultural differences, explore the potential to engage in inter and cross cultural activities, as well as to further art practices.full news..

The Nordic Chambers has organised a panel discussion involving four international schools in Thailand on January 11, 2006 at the Conrad Hotel, Bangkok.full news..

Technics Offshore Engineering Pte Ltd (TOEPL), a subsidiary company of Technics Oil & Gas Limited, has secured a S$13.8 million contract from Norwegian company, Prosafe for the supply of gas compression modules for a project in New Zealand.full news..

More people are likely to be infected by a deadly bird flu virus in Asia ahead of this month's Lunar New Year holidays, when consumption of poultry rises, a top World Health Organisation official said.full news..

Representatives of two Nordic IT companies and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce will go to Philippines next month to explore the country’s potential according to Mary Borromeo-Hedfors, Philippines trade representative to the Nordic region – Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.full news..

Telenor group’s president and chief executive Jon Fredrik Baksaas said January 17 that Total Access Communication (DTAC) is ready to compete with Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS).full news..

Dr. Thanong Bidaya, Thailand’s Finance Minister said January 18 he had met with Telenor group president and chief executive Jon Fredrik Baksaas and that the Telenor group is interested to list their subsidiary TAC on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).full news..

A 44 year-old Swedish man reeked havoc onboard a Thai Airways flight carrying over 400 passengers, forcing the plane to turn back to Stockholm.full news..

International Monetary Fund is forecasting 4.5% growth for the city-state. Analysts have upgraded Singapore's growth outlook this year because of a rebound in global demand for electronics which is also benefiting key rivals, South Korea and Taiwan.full news..

Eight years on and Turid Mattsson, her husband and two of their three children - the third and oldest is back in Norway - are probably among the longest-staying Scandinavian families in Laos.full news..

Telenor President and Chief Executive Officer Jon Fredrik Baksaas, speaking in Kuala Lumpur has announced the establishment of a Research and Innovation Center for Asia Pacific in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.full news..

The Norwegian travel trade has honored Thailand as the World’s Best Tourist Country 2005.full news..

Norway and Indonesia have agreed to intensify cooperation in the fishery and marine sectors, mainly to develop Indonesian fishermen’s capability of supporting sustainable human resource development.full news..

“I’m saving golf for my retirement,” says Bjorn Jensen, the 39-year-old Norwegian Coca-Cola Thailand country manager with a grin. This is a man who works 12-hour-days with a mission, and a passion for what he is doing.full news..

Norwegian shipping company the WilhelmWilhelmsen Group is one of the world’s most important shipping lines, covering almost every port in the world. Operating as Barwil, in South East Asia, the company has local branches in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand.full news..

Norwegian skydivers will be among the 45 skydivers from the Nordic countries who will some time next week attempt to break the world record to form the largest freefall formation ever. No less than 400 skydivers wil be freefalling to the ground over Udon Thani in Northern Thailand.full news..

The Thai Fisheries Department has joined hands with their Norwegian counterparts to provide support for fishermen affected by the Tsunami.full news..

The property boom in Thailand is not going unnoticed; especially the Scandinavian one. The interest among Northerners to escape the cold winter periods and reside here is growing substantially. It is not far-fetched to claim the winter high season 2005/2006 will see the dawn of a new era with Thailand as the ‘new Spain’ as many projects targeting such customers have been initiated and some are also getting ready for moving in. The recent ‘Bo Utomlands’ (Live Abroad) expo in Sweden also substantiates this.full news..

Since retiring from a long and distinguished career in the oil industry, Norwegian Torkild Waagaard has dedicated his life to following his fascinating Viking ancestry as far back as to the Bronze Age.full news..

Two Nordic men die in unexpected circumstances in leading Thai seaside resort.full news..

Leading Norwegian companies join Vietship exhibition in Hanoi.full news..

In Singapore one Saturday in February, Norway and Sweden went head-to-head in friendly competition, only for both sides to discover that even the Vikings can’t compete with their very own God of Thunderfull news..

In just six years, Svein Rasmussen went from backpacker and professional windsurfer to owner of the world's leading Windsurfboard developers.full news..

The nominees for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize have been announced and the prestigious Norwegian peace prize might be going to Indonesiafull news..

Vietnam receives US $140 million for a national education programme from Norway and others.full news..

The work and efforts of the Support the Children Foundation means that today the homes they bought to take care of orphans now stand empty.full news..

New business class convenience part of SAS attempt to upgrade services.full news..

Norway's largest telecoms group Telenor will not reduce its stake in Malaysia’s DiGi.Com Bhd contract failure.full news..

Swedish luxury specialists combine their talents to prove their claims of setting new standards.full news..

The Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok on the evening of Wednesday 15 March elected three new people to the Board of the Church: Mia Hallenborg from Sweden, and Marion Nygaard and Anne Britt Hatleskog from Norway.full news..

Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce elects new Board of Governors.full news..

The Norwegian government has expressed "great concern" over the human rights situation in the Philippines despite the lifting of the state of national emergency by President Arroyo.full news..

Nine were against the Shoe Tax, while eleven chose not to vote – only three voted in favour.full news..

Norwegian sculptors Oyvind Astein and Gun Harbitz will show their works in a major stone sculpture camp in Vietnam’s central Da Nang City.full news..

The Orchard Hotel Singapore will be hosting a Norwegian Seafood Festival from April 01 – 31 and a popular Salmon & Seafood buffet will be served at the Orchard Café.full news..

As many as 75 - 80 Scandinavians attended the SEB talk March 23 organized in conjunction with PriceWaterHouseCoopers and hosted in Bangkok.full news..

The European Commission has adopted proposals by the European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on leather shoes from China and Vietnam.full news..

Three Norwegian artists have been working with six Vietnamese colleagues in a project striving to combine tradition and modern arts.full news..

Norway's Petrojack ASA is selling three jackup oil rigs, being built in Singapore, for $600 million.full news..

50 engineering students from the Norwegian University of Technology and Science are among the few to get a closer look at the giant Singaporean ferris wheel now under construction.full news..

Nordic Wind Ltd. is a company established by the Thai family of Mr Naradul Matchimanon and Mr Tore W. Solum from, Tønsberg, Norway in order to operate a property business in Pattaya, as well as importing construction material and interior fittings to Norway.full news..

In the wake of the cartoon row that enraged Muslim nations around the world, Danish brands have lost some of their appeal in countries like Malaysia and Indonesia.full news..

The Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce 2006 Annual General Meeting was held 14 March at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit with Chamber Members gathering for a reception and networking event followed by the AGM.full news..

When you relocate with children there are a whole range of priorities that must be addressed before you can even begin to settle into your new life!full news..

It was meant to be Norway’s business hub in Singapore.
Then the Singapore government suggested a Nordic Centre for all Scandinavians, which was fine with the project’s investors, and construction began early 1998.full news..

Norwegian Red Cross Society (NRC) funds a three year project to strengthen the Vietnam Red Cross Society.full news..

Norway has expressed its concern over potential draft legislation preventing foreign domination of Thai telecom operators, prepared by the Thai National Telecommunications Commission.full news..

Nordic monarchs and others among the world’s 25 reigning kings and queens are planning to come to Bangkok June 12-13 to join the celebrations of the modern world's longest ever reigning monarch.full news..

Malaysian technopreneurs have been asked to learn from Norway about the process of developing practical solutions that are in line with Malaysia’s industries.full news..

Norway and Singapore have signed the extension of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on maritime Research and Development (R&D) for three more years.full news..

The Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Pattaya recently organised a ‘Course for Couples’ over the two days of April 22-23 at Purimas Resort and Spa in Rayong, Thailand.full news..

Justice and Human Rights Minister of Indonesia, Hamid Awaluddin, said a dialogue on human rights organized by Norway was expected to provide some input on Norway's experience in promoting and protecting human rights.full news..

Sweden and Norway have established a shared Consular Office in Phuket to help and assist Swedish and Norwegian citizens in Phuket and nearby provinces.full news..

Norwegians among representatives asking for clarification.full news..

United Communication Industry (Ucom) believes that its subsidiary DTAC would be able to maintain its profitability this year.full news..

Directors from the Vietnamese Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE) and Ho Chi Minh Environment Protection Bureau (HEPA) visited the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) April 24 – 29 to strengthen existing cooperation between Vietnam and the Norway.full news..

Norwegian official says Indonesia should allow the international media to visit area of alleged human rights abuses.full news..

Norwegian publishing giant is upgrading IT systems and safety at their new Thai acquisition.full news..

Once the largest ocean liner in the world, the former Norwegian-owned flagship SS Norway has been sold for scrapfull news..

Agency moves to new premises.full news..

Viking Veterans the Scandinavian old boys football team in Thailand, won the Veteran’s Cup in Bangkok for the third time in a row at Patana on May 7.full news..

Heading once more for the scrapyard, the imminent demise of the SS Norway has been stopped by a Greenpeace petition pointing out the Indian scrapyard’s inability to handle toxic substances onboard the ship.full news..

Demonstrations are to be staged outside Myanmar embassies in 12 countries this week to protest the ruling regime's crackdown on the Karen ethnic group.full news..

The Norwegian Mission Alliance continues 10-year-long funding run.full news..

People coming to the Norwegian embassy in Bangkok during these days in order to apply for a Visa are greeted by a full waiting room and long delays.full news..

Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day in the Kingdom of Thailandfull news..

A new website offers everything from nutritional content to educational materials for any one wishing to embrace Europe's most northerly cuisine.full news..

Norwegian Skanem, one of Europe's largest self-adhesive label producers, will start to build a new factory in Thailand later this month to take part of the East Asian market growth.full news..

Norway's Telenor is monitoring the rapid development of Vietnam's cellular phone market with special interest.full news..

The Norwegian Royal Family is to fund a US$410,000 floating cultural center in Cua Van fishing village in Quang Ninh province of Vietnam.full news..

The Ambassador of Norway to Vietnam, Kjell Storlokken has lauded bilateral ties between the two countries on the occasion of Norwegian Constitution Day May 17.full news..

The Storm P Bar & Restaurant, named after famous Danish cartoonist Robert Storm Petersen, is the only Danish restaurant in Vietnam and the meeting point for Scandinavians in Ho Chi Minh City.full news..

Project training many Vietnamese sculptors since 2002 has now finished with the presentation of 12 joint works.full news..

Saturday an earthquake struck at the Indonesian island Java - the quake left 5000 dead and 200,000 made homeless.full news..

The Norwegian government provides a grant of nine million Kroner (about 1.47 million US$) to hire a Norwegian consultant company, Norconsult, to supervise the implementation of the second Xeset hydro power plant construction in the southern province of Saravan, Laos.full news..

The new Norwegian seamen’s priest in Pattaya has previously worked as a lawyer and prison priest.full news..

Scandinavian Airlines recently held its annual SAS EuroBonus Golf Tour for Region Asia & Pacific at Lamlukka Golf Club. More than 50 SAS EuroBonus Gold members in the Asia Pacific Region participated in the tournament.Winners in Group A, B, C, Jan Olof Johansson, Ravinder Gour, and Hallbjörn Stenhaug were awarded SAS golf bags and an invitation to play in SAS Golf Tour-World Final in Paris, together with their spouses.full news..

Vietnamese exporters benefit from an entrepreneurs program under coordination of Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises, Swedish Chamber of Commerce and the Ho Chi Minh City-branched Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).full news..

Norway's Aker Kvaerner will open a manufacturing center Port Klang Free Zone in Malaysia, becoming the first investor in Malaysia’s new fully-integrated free commercial and industrial zone.full news..

Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and their baby son Prince Sverre Magnus represented Norway at the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej on June 11-13.full news..

The Oslo Philharmonic has cancelled its planned appearances in Malaysia and Singapore because of a musicians' strike in Norway.full news..

The giant color producer Jotun has factories in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam to answer the demand for local market. The company has over 700 Multicolor centers in these countries including Singapore. Regional Director Peder Bohlin says that despite the Asian crisis, paint consumption per capita has never gone down, only up all the time.full news..

As one of the largest industrial players in Norway the Aker Kvaerner group has been present in Malaysia for almost 20 years already, but is now considerably expanding its presence. The president of Aker Kvaerner Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Egil Martinussen, tells us that a significant part of the expansion is within the subsea area.full news..

An Annual General Meeting 2006 of the Malaysia Norway Business Council (MNBC) was held at the Norwegian Ambassadors residence in Malaysia on June 15 and some 40 members and guests came to the event.full news..

The Norwegian ambassador to Vietnam has pledges 11 million NOK to aid the northern province of Ninh Binh reform its administration.full news..

Norway has pledged to help Vietnam on enhancing its testing capacity and certification processes for textile products, improve quality of electrical products in correlation with European standards, and also upgrade metrology facilities in some sectors.full news..

Four Nordic Ambassadors to Vietnam have together shared the Nordic experiences in the fight against corruption in Vietnam.full news..

Total Access Communication Plc (DTAC) is likely to list its shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in December. Also the company is considering to delist parent company United Communication Industry (Ucom) from the SET.full news..

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year the Nordic Investment Bank is also looking to renew its strategies – a renewal that will bring more activity to Asia.full news..

The next seamen’s priest in Pattaya is 59-year-old Lars Haugan – he presents himself in an enthusiastic greeting.full news..

H&M is receiving heavy criticism due to the workers conditions at the company’s factory in Cambodia.full news..

The Indonesian Ministry of Justice and The Norwegian government is cooperating to provide Human Rights courses to the Indonesian police in the Aceh province.full news..

The former Norwegian owned cruise ship is waiting for a safety review that is to decide whether or not the ship is to end its days at an Indian Scrap-hub.full news..

Team Sangkheum, a youth football team from Sangkheum Center for unprivileged children in Cambodia, will kick off in Norway Cup in Oslo next month. This dream project has been true from funds and supports by Norwegian Earthwalkers Fund Cambodia and its network cooperations.full news..

In April EU introduced a tax on leather shoes imported from Vietnam and China – now the preliminary tax might be replaced by a quota system.full news..

Two foreigners, a Belgian and a Norwegian, fell to their death in separate suicide incidents in the seaside resort city of Pattaya, police said yesterday.full news..

In July Norway hosts the second round of preliminary talks in order to get the peace talks that were cancelled in 2004 going again.full news..

Starvation wages and poor work conditions found on another of H&M’s factories in Cambodia.full news..

Geddy Aniksdal will perform “No doctor for the dead” on the 11th of July at the Substation’s Guinness Theatre in Singapore.full news..

In October and November 2006 the Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi organize an Ibsen Festival, which includes staging Ibsen's plays, exhibitions, publications on Ibsen and a seminar in Hanoi and HCMC.full news..

"When arriving to a new place, many expats are excited but, after a while, the excitement disappears and frustration and anger and sometimes depression result," says Saira Jhutty, a PhD Candidate at Alliant International University in San Diego, California. Some give up and go home - some stay where they are and are miserable, she adds.
ScandAsia has joined her research project to help improve the experience of being an expatriate by determining if emotional intelligence plays a role in the adjustment process all expatriates go through.full news..

Singapore Technologies Aerospace is shutting down its operations in Stavanger, Norway. Instead, the production will be carried out in Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen.full news..

This weekend’s Rock Unite Concert in Malaysia’s capital city will include a performance by the Norwegian band Electric Ladyland.full news..

DiGi.com Malaysia’s smallest mobile operator is looking to bid for a licence on a wireless internet service working under a new technology.full news..

Finnish Juvenalia Youth Choir and Norwegian Viva Youth Choir will jointly present the choral performance, Voices of Joy, along with Operafest Children’s Choir from Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on July 20 at 8.00 PM.full news..

Geddy Aniksdal from Grenland Friteater, Norway will perform “No doctor for the dead” on July 11 at the Substation’s Guinness Theatre in Singapore.full news..

Vietnam will receive help in improving the nation's business environment following the signing of an administrative agreement with the Norwegian Agency for Development (Norad) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation.full news..

A Norwegian woman witnessed the tsunami and people’s panic attempts to escape it as the west-coast of Java was struck by 2-3 meter tall waves following a powerful earthquake on Monday.full news..

Thai Integration ApS launches free language training in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Thai for interested Scandinavians and their spouses in Bangkok.full news..

Meeting VG's Trond Viken for the first time can be a puzzling experience. He opens the door before you have time to knock, looks about fifteen years younger than you expected of Norway's largest newspaper's man in South-East Asia and immediately asks if you want to have Vietnamese coffee.full news..

A 20-year-old Norwegian woman and her 28-year-old British boyfriend both died, as they were run over by a heavy excavator in Bangkok.full news..

The Nordic Investment Bank, NIB, signed a general loan proggramme worths USD 30 million with Vietnam's Ministry of Finance. The loan will be used for Vietnam's National Coal-Mineral Industries Group.full news..

Danish company Thrane & Thrane is taking over Norwegian Nera ASA. Both companies operate within mobile satellite communication.full news..

The Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish Red Cross groups and Thai Red Cross Society co-organized a training workshop on first aid and medical treatment in case of emergencies in Phang-nga, one of the Tsunami hit provinces in Thailand in December 2004.full news..

Ibsen Festival in Vietnam, including staging plays, exhibitions, seminars , and publications on Ibsen’s workfull news..

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin will send two delegates to an international conference on Agent Orange and Dioxins in Oslo this month.full news..

Political and religious representatives, as well as intellectuals from Finland, Norway and Sweden will participate in an international forum “World Peace Forum” in Jakarta, Indonesia from August 14-16, 2006.full news..

The 40-meter granite bridge, in the town of Toga in eastern Norway, was carved by 12 young Vietnamese artists from a famous stone sculpting village in Danang.full news..

Norway and Indonesia are joining hands to organize the Global Inter-Media Dialogue on September 1-2 on Bali, Indonesia.full news..

The Norwegian Church Aid organization has donated close to 263,000 USD to a four-year humanitarian project in the Bokeo province in Laos.full news..

Through 22 years in Thailand, Trygve Windingstad has been involved in business with a huge number of different products. Always able to change business whenever circumstances called for it, so if you are ever asked what products like Christmas cards, Pizza hut boxes and TONTOP soft roll up covers for pick-up trucks have in common, the answer is straight forward. They have all been part of Trygve Windingstad´s business in Thailand.full news..

Thai cookery courses by Thai nutritionists to be organized in Scandinavian countries.full news..

The Norwegian marine industries; fish farmers, equipment producers, feed producers, investors, and other suppliers now should use the opportunities and get market shares through participation in the development of the Vietnamese marine sector.full news..

Norway, Singapore and China signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Maritime research and development, education and training.full news..

Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, will visit his counterpart in Oslo this week.full news..

Norwegian Yara AB, the producer of ammonium nitrate, will cooperate with Indonesia to provide the technology for the ammonium nitrate factory which will be built in East Kalimantan on the southern side of Borneo Island, Indonesia.full news..

DiGi.Com Bhd, Norway’s cellular service operator in Malaysia, plans to spend between RM300 million and RM400 million to set up as many as 150 telecommunications towers in Malaysian Peninsular by next year.full news..

DiGi Communications’ chief executive officer, Morten Lundal, has been awarded the Malaysia’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Year 2006 Award.full news..

Norway and Indonesia have agreed to increase cooperation in energy sector between the two countries.full news..

Fascinating breakfast meeting on landownership for foreigners/foreign companies, and Thai nominees for foreign shareholders, organized by the Nordic Chambers of Commerce for its members, drew impressive number of 80 attendees at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit on September 5.full news..

Military commander Lt Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin on Tuesday afternoon and evening of the 19 September 2006 staged a bloodless coup and later announced that he had taken over the powers and duties of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.full news..

Bergesen Worldwide Offshore (BW Offshore), Norway's oil field production services firm, on September 26 was in talks with Malaysia to provide natural gas Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units, according to Reuters.full news..

“Norway's official development assistance (ODA) has been effectively used by Vietnam to eradicate poverty, develop its education system and carry out administrative reform,” National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong told a visiting Norwegian parliamentary delegation on September 25.full news..

Members of Singapore’s Nordic community hit the green at the first Inaugural Nordic Golf Tournament held at the Laguna National Golf & Country Club on Tuesday, September 19, 2006full news..

Exhibiting at the 38th Gems & Jewelery Fair in September 2006 in Bangkok, a Norwegian company is in full swing with the international promotion of its own jewellery brand, gaining strong interest from many parts of the world. Producing all jewellery by hand in their Indonesian-based factory, Arts & Crafts have in only two years reached 17 distributors in just as many countries and are steadily getting requests from various traders to take up their brand.full news..

For the first time in many years, all ambassadors of the Scandinavian countries joined the Scandinavian Society Siam’s traditional Crayfish party.full news..

The new Priest at the Seamens Church in Pattaya Mr. Lars Haugen was officially sworn in at a service in Pattaya on Sunday.full news..

Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said September 03 that he would be honored to accept the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to end a bloody war in Aceh province, but it would be better if all parties involved in the peace process were awarded.full news..

Having a lawfirm not many years ago Lars Haugan made a U-turn with his life. He became a Priest and has just arrived in Thailand as the new Priest at Sjomannskirken i Pattaya.full news..

The golfers competing for the 30th Scandinavian Society Siam Golf Cup just made it back to the club house before the skies opened and heavy rain fell downfull news..

Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway has asked the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to cease hostilities after the two parties agreed to end an eight-month deadlock in their negotiationsfull news..

DiGi, a mobile service provider in Malaysia, has introduced two new prefixes 014-30x xxxx and 014-31x xxxx to meet surging growth in DiGi Prepaid subscribers.full news..

DiGi, Malaysia's mobile operator partly owned by Telenor, On October 06 revisited Yogyakarta in Indonesia after four months of a devastating earthquake in the surrounding areas which leave nearly 5, 000 dead and 40,000 injured.full news..

Tsunami Alarm System (TAS) will be delivered to your mobile phone as SMS before the arrival of a destructive wave, for you and your family safety, wherever you are on earth.full news..

The joint Danish-Norwegian Consulate in Pattaya, Thailand, has experienced a 40% increase in activity this year. If the tendency continues the Consulate will be able to look back on 2006 with a total of 1300-1400 cases or applications.full news..

Sweden, Denmark, Norway together with Canada and the Netherlands have committed to support USD 2.2 million grant to Vietnam of a beginning phase on a Strengthening the Comprehensive Capacity of the Inspectorate System from 2006 – 2010 Program.full news..

In spite of being full of confidence after beating Woodstock last season the Scandinavian Vikings were not able make two in a rowfull news..

Aker Kvaener ASA, Norwegian oil and gas engineering group, plans to invest up to Malaysian Ringit 400 million in building a manufacturing center in Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), Malaysia’s first fully facilities free commercial and industrial zone.full news..

Montpelier Group, an international financial company, that offers dual solutions of tax consulting and independent financial advice, just expanded their office in Bangkok with a Nordic division, which serves Scandinavian customersfull news..

DiGi Telecommunications, partly owned by Telenor ASA, has appointed Johan Dennelind, current DiGi Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Along with Stefan Carlsson, currently CFO of Telenor Pakistan will replace as a DiGi CFO.full news..

A one-week study tour in early November will show 12 Norwegian companies the best of Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry.full news..

As Pattaya is as popular as ever an increasing number of Scandinavians find their way to the resort destination. Thaihus is a new Norwegian real estate agency in Pattaya targeting especially Norwegians and Danes who want to live out the dream of buying their own piece of paradise in Thailand.full news..

The Board of Directors of SAS AB, October 20, appointed Mats Jansson new President and CEO of SAS. He is 54 and was most recently President and CEO of Axel Johnson AB with sales of some USD 5 billion and 15,000 employees in 30 countries. The Johnson Group works in areas ranging from distribution of consumer products to industrial production.full news..

Visitors were not only served the sight of a factory, but also the history of the Company, Jotun, when the Norwegian giant opened its doors to its Chonburi factory to a delegation visiting Amata Nakorn just outside Bangkokfull news..

A record number of 70 golfers did their very best trying to win the prestigious Volvo Cup 2006.full news..

With ambitions to establish a base in Asia, Norway's Skanem is building a new labelling facility in Thailand to capitalise on the growing East Asian market.full news..

Team Sangkheum is a football club comprising Cambodian athletes from Sangkheum Center for unprivileged children in Cambodia. The football players left Siem Reap behind to join Norway Cup 2006 in Oslo. It maybe predicting in advanced that the team actually not to be the champion but the competition is nothing when compared to friendship and experience that the kids give and take. This rarely touching incident was kindly arranged by the Earthwalkers, group of young Norwegians who set their foot in Cambodia.full news..

With the closest margin possible the Thailand team beat the mixed Malaysian and Singaporean team in this year’s Asian Regional Tournament.full news..

Norwegian company Nera is about to sell its mobile satellite activities to Danish rival Thrane & Thrane, but that does not concern the Thailand country manager. According to Major Choakdee Thrane & Thrane has 50 per cent of the global market for mobile satellite activities, while Nera got 40.full news..

Mr. Ramesh Tiwari, owner of Glofab company, has been importing fire retardant fabric from Dale, the famous Norway's fire retardant textile producer. Ramesh builds his own brand ‘Glofab anti-flam made with Dale fabric’ which is the biggest provider in a fire fighter market in the country. He noted that Dale's fabric has a supreme quality that save many lives of Thai’s fire fighters.full news..

Bike for Peace, a professional cycling organization based in Norway came to bike along the eastern coast of Thailand for a week during late September 2006. The trip, partly joined by Viking Wheelers and more local cyclists, included visitation at the local schools, orphanages, homes for handicap and also the Sjomannskirken in Pattaya.full news..

This season has not been the best for the Scandinavian Vikings so far and Bangkok United proved to be the better team as the two teams clashed in the Casual League.full news..

Vetco Aibel Thailand Ltd. based in Banchang, Rayong is a major manufacturer of oil and gas platforms to most parts of the world. Stationed at the headquarters in Banchan but living in Jomtien, with his wife Anne Marie, Knut Hauslo seems like a man that has perfectly adjusted to living in Thailand.full news..

Despite having a man sent off the pitch for the third game in a row, the Scandinavian Vikings made a draw against the British Club in the Casual League.full news..

The office of the four Nordic chambers in Bangkok was flooded with water when the staff came to work on Monday morning 13 November. The layer of water on the floor was about 2 centimeters with some places a bit more and some other places a bit less. The economic damage is yet unknownfull news..

A record number of golfers attended the SAS Golf Cup in Pattaya.full news..

The Taste of Norway event was held on November 6 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Kuala Lumpur in honor of the new Norwegian ambassador to Malaysia, Arild Braastad, and his wife Nina, according to the Star Online Malaysia.full news..

Welfare has been treated like a dirty word in Singapore - and rightly so, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Singapore provides a strong social safety net, but will not go down the Scandinavian welfares route, he said, dismissing a suggestion by some MPS.full news..

He is charming, sociable, outgoing, and would like nothing more than achieving a good relationship with his fellow countrymen. He is Arild Braastad, the new Norwegian Ambassador to Malaysia, who arrived KL less than a month ago with his equally charming wife Nina.full news..

After four lost games in a row the Scandinavian Vikings’ two last games resulted in four points.full news..

The two previous games resulted in four points for the Scandinavian Vikings, but lack of a lot of the regular players this weekend resulted in a defeat to the Spickled Liverfull news..

In spite of winning just one game in a Phuket soccer tournament the Viking team won trophy and medals to bring back to Bangkokfull news..

ScandAsia sits with Reverend Lars Bernhardt Ølberg, the Norwegian Priest of the Singapore Norwegian Seaman's Churchfull news..

In Chiang Rai an orphanage gives children a chance to get an education and a good life in stead of ending up in prostitution and drug trafficking. People from the Norwegian and Swedish Churches in Singapore have just visited.full news..

After a miserable season so far, the Scandinavian Vikings played their best game of the season and beat French Les Gaulois by 2-1full news..

43 points. That was the score of the winners of both the A-, B- and C-group of the LVT Golf Cup arranged by the Scandinavian Society Siam’s golf section.full news..

DNV Navigator’s latest project with Singapore Maritime Port Authority
has recently been awarded a Minister Innovation Award by the Singapore
Ministry of Transport.full news..

Golfers enjoyed a nice day at the golf course, when Scandinavian Society Siam had their annual Christmas Golf Tournament and at the same time money was raised for Malaysian cancer patients.full news..

Leading Norwegian theatre and film actress Juni Dahr will be coming down to Singapore from the 11th to the 12th of December with her performance “Ibsen Women – put an eagle in a cage”. The event will last for two days and will take place at the Black Box, Drama Centre, National Library.full news..

Sukhumvit pub team Winking Frog turned out to be the better team as they clashed with the Scandinavian Vikings in the Casual Soccer Leaguefull news..

In spite of ending only fifth in the last tournament of the season, the Scandinavian Vikings veterans team became unofficial champions of the Veterans Soccer League.full news..

Bike for Peace, a famous Norwegian cyclist team, will come back to South East Asia again after their latest biking trip in Thailand late September this year. Its next trip will be in Thailand and Burma in February - March 2007.full news..

DNV Navigator, an initiative of DNV Company headquartered in Oslo, has won a Minister Innovation Award from the Singapore Ministry of Transport.full news..

Norway offers grant to Myanmar to combat the country’s three major communicable diseasesfull news..

The Norwegians and Danes came in second and third in the latest global consumer's confidence index conducted by the market research firm ACNielsen. They were only surpassed by the Indian consumers.full news..

Norwegian State Secretary Hege Solbakken from the Prime Minister Jens Stoltenbergs office visited Hanoi from November 29 to December 01 on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Norway and Vietnam.full news..

Juni Dahr visited Singapore last week and held two performances in the Black Box at the Drama Centre, 100 Victoria Street.full news..

The Indonesian government 13 December 2006 awarded Norway's Statoil ASA exploration rights over new oil blocks along with others 17 foreign and local companies, which will invest a total of $235.8 million during the first three years of exploration.full news..

Star Cruises - the Norwegian owned third largest cruise operator in the world - was in a consortium with Malaysia’s Genting International awarded the second casino resort contract on Singapore's tourist island Sentosa. The $3.38 billion proposal targets family tourists with a Universal Studios theme park a huge outdoor marine park.full news..

Wednesday a 45 year old Norwegian got killed in a motorcycle accident in northern Thailandfull news..

The Board of Directors of Hydro and Statoil have agreed to recommend to their shareholders a merger of Hydro's oil and gas activities with Statoil. This will make the Norwegian company the world's largest offshore operator with a presence in nearly 40 countries.full news..

The Hoang Thach cement factory will receive 25 million EUR credit from The Nordic Bank.full news..

Höegh Autoliners and DeltaMarin enter strategic cooperation to build car carriers in Vietnam.full news..

Last week the Tourist Police in Pataya arrested a 67 year old Norwegian citizen for alleged pedophilia.full news..

Thai Ambassador to Norway, Chitriya Pinthong, will soon move back to Bangkok according to the latest shuffle list of ambassadors approved by the new Thai interim government. Ambassador Chitriya will be replaced by Jullapong Nonsrichai currenbtly the Thai Ambassador in Beijing.full news..

A Norwegian CEO of DiGi Telecommunication in Malaysia, Morten Lundal, was selected to be the true most successful businessman in 2006. The star newspaper has interviewed him along with Datuk Leong Hoy Kum (Group Chief Executive) and Hiroshi Nakamura (Managing Director) of DiGi on December 27 2006.full news..

Norwegian owned and managed Health Care Hospital Baan Sabaijai in Chonburi creates quarterly magazine. First issue is launched April 2007.full news..

The Norwegian government has donated NOK 6 million distributing aid and relief to the flood victims in Ache region, Indonesia, caused by several days of torrential seasonal rain.full news..

On Thursday December 7th we saw a record number of 456 guests at the 8th Annual Scandinavian Business Christmas Dinner. The venue this year was Hilton Kuala Lumpur. I think a lot of the Scandinavians got the "Christmas feeling" as the hotel was decorated with live (!!!!) Christmas trees, lots of candle-lights and red decorations that gave the reception area and the ballroom a real "Christmassy" touch.full news..

December 26 people remembered the victims of the tsunami that stroke the shores of the Andaman Coast two years ago in Thailand.full news..